# NTSB MKC88LA024: Cessna 182Q, N735SV, Coffeyville, KS, December 11, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 11, 1987, 07:25 local (13:25 UTC)
- Place: Coffeyville, KS
- Coordinates: 37.040546, -95.629875 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0405&lon=-95.6299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34524
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34524/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA024

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, standing - starting engine(s)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, taxi
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE TRYING TO START THE ACFT WITH A LOW BATTERY, PIC EXITED THE ACFT AND PULLED THE PROPELLER ONE QUARTER OF A TURN TO GET IT PAST THE COMPRESSION CYCLE. ENGINE STARTED WITH PAX ABOARD AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI. PIC WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE ACFT, AND PAX, AFTER TRYING TO STOP THE ACFT, OPENED THE DOOR AND JUMPED OUT. ACFT CONTINUED FOR ABOUT ONE HALF MILE, ON TO A SOFT FARM FIELD AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N735SV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18265656
- Airframe hours: 1254
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Medicalodges, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 11, 1987, 8 hours before
- Departed: CFV
- Destination: EOS, NEOSHO, MO
- Airport: CFV, Coffeeville, runway 17, 5,873 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 75; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 3,493 total, 3,493 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871211071169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871211071169A), Dec 11, 1987: Cessna 182Q, Coffeyville, KS, Substantial damage. Low battery. Got out to move prop. Engine started,passenger jumped out. Aircraft taxied half mile before nosing over

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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